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This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [PGC2018-099152-B-I00].

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Siren's song: the news of Tabarka and its impact on Spanish Mediterranean policy in the mid-sixteenth century

Publicated to:Mediterranean Historical Review. 39 (1): 25-42 - 2024-01-02 39(1), DOI: 10.1080/09518967.2023.2295826

Authors: Caprioli, Francesco; Gonzalez Cuerva, Ruben

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CSIC, Dept Hist Moderna, Inst Hist, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Hist Moderna, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

The island of Tabarka, off the northwestern coast of modern Tunisia, was an active coral-fishing factory during the mid-sixteenth century. Its political status was unclear, straddling Tunisian sovereignty and Spanish military control, while being economically exploited by the Genoa-based Lomellini company. It also operated as a privileged hub of information for Maghrebi affairs, supplying fresh news to the Spanish authorities during the critical phase of Ottoman Mediterranean expansion throughout the 1550s. Particularly, this information's flow fed into a wider web, and competed with alternative sources of news to influence decision-making processes in the Spanish monarchy. This article presents a micro-historical analysis of a place, a network, and specific political conditions to go beyond the mere reconstruction of information flows and reveal the real impact of the news coming from Tabarka on Spanish Mediterranean policy in the mid-sixteenth century.

Keywords
Mediterranean strategMediterranean strategyNews circulationOttoman algiersOttoman-habsburg warOttoman–habsburg warPolitical informationSpanish monarchy

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Mediterranean Historical Review due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 85/525, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category History.

Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CAPRIOLI, FRANCESCO) and Last Author (GONZALEZ CUERVA, RUBEN).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GONZALEZ CUERVA, RUBEN.